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| HER Number | MWB16758 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | Chapel Row |
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Summary
Hamlet within Bucklebury parish, first documented in the 17th century, but once containing a medieval chapel
Monument Type(s):
- SETTLEMENT (Jacobean to Early 21st century - 1617 AD to 2050 AD)
Full Description
Chapel Row is named on Rocque's map of 1761 <1>; Gelling gives a date of 1617 for the first documented reference to the hamlet <2>.
The Victoria County History gives an account of gatherings at Chapel Row, including carthorse shows and sports such as backswording <3><4>; a championship fight took place at a revel in 1790 <5>. A race-course formerly existed on the common where pony races were held until the 19th century.
The chapel giving its name to the settlement seems to have been built prior to the 12th century <3>. It was known as the Magdalen Chapel, and its decay apparently led to the building of Marlston Chapel by Geoffrey Martel. However, it was still in ruins in 1770 when the materials were apparently sold and used to build a house for a Rev Dr Coxe <3>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked 'Chapel Row'. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021) |
| <02> | Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p156. [Monograph / SWB10003] |
| <03> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p291, 296. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022) |
| <04> | 'LS' (L. Salmon). 1909. Untravelled Berkshire. p146, 165. [Monograph / SWB146913] |
| <05> | Ditchfield and Page (eds). 1907. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks II 1907. Vol 2. p313. [Monograph / SWB11244]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol2 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <06> | Stokes, P. 2005. Free Rein: Racing in Berkshire and Beyond 1700-1905. ?. [Monograph / SWB147486] |
Related Monuments
| MWB17403 | Chapel Row Farm (formerly Chapelrow Farm) (Monument) |
| MWB20668 | Donnington Close, Chapel Row (Building) |
| MWB18404 | Eden Cottage, Chapel Row (Building) |
| MWB18412 | Paradise Cottage, Chapel Row (formerly Paradise and previously Paradise Cottages) (Building) |
| MWB3712 | Site of chapel, Chapel Row - unknown exact location (Monument) |
| MWB20514 | The Bladebone Inn, Chapel Row (Building) |
| MWB18492 | The Old Bakehouse, Chapel Row (Building) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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